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Chapter 5: Hiding a storm

Four months since first night

Green Dragon stood on the roof of an ordinary building of Gotham, waiting for Batwoman. She had contacted him an hour ago, telling him to meet her at their usual spot to begin their patrol. Deciding to use the hour productively, Dragon had his hook swords unsheathed as he practiced using them, halfway between physical meditation and actual combat. Dragon was in perfect balance, the swords fitting perfectly in his hand as he hooked them together and threw the spiked pommel of one straight out before him, stabbing an invisible enemy.

He had perfected the use of these weapons years ago and they were now one of his favourites. The only weapon he favoured more were the mars hammer gauntlets he had designed. They gave him great range and accuracy, which was a major advantage in the gun-toting streets of Gotham.

"You're pretty good with those." Dragon suddenly turned towards the voice, moving his swords into a fighting position. In front of the still closing door which granted access to the roof stood a woman, with short, blond hair. She wore a beige trench coat, covering a black jacket, blue shirt and black pants. Green Dragon then noticed a gun on her belt, with a GCPD badge on the opposite side of her belt. Green Dragon relaxed his posture and sheathed his swords upon seeing the badge. He needed better relations with the cops.

"You know not a lot of people can sneak up on me," Dragon said as he folded his arms.

"Should I take that as a compliment?" the woman replied back as she placed her hands on her hips.

"You can but I would have noticed a second later."

"What would you have done then?"

"Probably something that would warrant you shooting me."

"That sounds a lot like your MO."

"So what can I do for you officer..?"

"It's Detective actually. Detective Maggie Sawyer, GCPD. And I'm here because of a mutual acquaintance of ours."

"Your Batwoman's fiancé." Maggie was taken aback by this, subconsciously turning her engagement ring around on her ring finger.

"How did you?"

"Kate, yes Kate, mentioned she had a fiancé one time. I spotted your own engagement ring. And it was her Batwoman voice who contacted me which can be imitated by someone close to her, such as yourself, which can be used to get me here to either ambush or talk. So what is it?" Maggie smirked at this.

"Talk actually."

"OK I'm all ears."

"So you were right I'm her fiancé. So I love her with all my heart and I understand why she does what she does. But it doesn't mean I like it. I'm pretty protective of her and I wish she would stop. But she won't so I have to live with it. Which brings me to you."

"Me?"

"Yes you. You are the only mask in Gotham which teams up with Batwoman regularly. Even the main Batfamily don't team up with her, mainly out of Batman being the most paranoid man in existence. Maybe it's out of her own choice but you seem to get along with her. Now take no offence but you had better not be using her."

"What? No I would never use her. She's a great ally and friend and I do not betray my friends."

"Well that's good to hear but be warned. If you hurt her in any way, shape or form, I will chase you, I will find you and I will destroy you." This time it was Green Dragon's turn to be taken aback but he quickly recovered and moved towards Maggie, pushing up his mask and outstretching his hand. Maggie raised her eyebrow at this.

"Miss Sawyer you have my word that I will never hurt Kate. She is too important to you and I know that." Maggie looked at him but took his hand.

"Thank you Green Dragon."

"Samuel. Samuel MacEntee." Breaking apart Green Dragon pulled down his mask while Maggie went to the door. Before entering she turned to Dragon.

"You know I don't have to tell you to keep this between ourselves."

"No worries here. My lips are sealed."

"Good. Kate will be here in about half an hour." After this she left as Dragon returned to practicing, this time with his mars hammer. After half an hour Batwoman swung onto the roof.

"Hey got your message. How long have you been waiting?"

"About half an hour. You ready?"

"Sure, let's get going." They both turned and grappled and glided through the still young night.

An hour later

Batwoman and Green Dragon swung and glided over Gotham. They had only been on patrol for an hour and they had already stopped two muggings and a burglary. The new boss' power was growing every day and it was getting harder and harder to stop him. He was still staying in the shadows so they still had no leads. It was causing both Batwoman and Dragon to become more agitated.

"We have to find this guy. We can't keep this up for much longer." Dragon said as they landed on a rooftop.

"You think I don't know that. We just have to endure and wait until he slips up. Just be patient."

"Patience isn't my strongest suit."

"Yeah I've noticed." The conversation ended as the police scanner voiced in their communicators.

"All units respond. We have a code 11-71 at 120 Park fields. Apartment building. Civilians still inside."

Batwoman turned towards the building with Dragon on her tail.

The pair arrived to see nearly all the building on fire. Batwoman and Green Dragon wasted no time in diving into the building, half-way from the bottom. Once in the flames Batwoman put on a respirator. She then turned towards Dragon.

"You search up from here I'll search below."

"Got-it." The separated to search the crumbling building floor-by-floor. They saw many people covered in soot outside the building so they knew most were out but they couldn't risk not searching the whole building. Dragon had searched four out of five floors with nobody around, so they had gotten out. However upon reaching the top floor he heard cry;

"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP!" Dragon rushed towards the cry and upon reaching the source, a locked bathroom, he found a six-year old boy cowering in the corner. Dragon moved to pick him up;

"Hey kid it's gonna be ok."

"Are you Batman?"

"I'm whatever you need me to be." Dragon rushed towards the stares, with the boy curled up on his chest. Just as he reached them however the roof groaned and collapsed in front of them.

"Shit!" Looking round Dragon spotted an open apartment door with a window blown open behind it. "Hold on tight kid." The boy responded by wrapping his arms tight around Dragon's chest. Dragon then rushed towards the window and jumped through. Once away from the building he grabbed his grapple gun, turned round in mid-air and shot towards the building. The grapple stuck and Green Dragon used it to slow his descent enough for him to land safely on the street below.

"MICHAEL!"

"DADDY!" The boy jumped from Green Dragon and leapt into his Father's arms.

"I thought I lost you kid." The Father then looked towards Green Dragon. "Thank-you so much."

"No problem. Get him checked out for injuries."

"I will." The pair then went towards the parked ambulances as Batwoman approached Dragon.

"Nice job."

"Thanks. Did everybody get out?" Dragon asked as they grappled to a near-by rooftop.

"Yep. Some minor burns and respiratory problems but nobody killed."

"Good that's…" Dragon trailed off as he noticed a dark figure over Batwoman's shoulder, observing the pair. Upon being caught he turned round and fled, giving Green Dragon a clear view of a very familiar sword on his back. Dragon then rushed past Batwoman, who was surprised by his action.

"I'll see you later." Dragon shouted as he leapt off and glided after the figure.

"Wait where are you going?" But before she could get an answer Dragon was gone, leaving her dumbstruck on the roof.

Dragon landed on a rooftop were he had lost the figure.

"Shit were did that fucker go." Just as he said this he felt a small breeze as he just about dodged a sword strike. He jumped back, bringing him face-to-face with the warrior.

"About time I met one of Ra's al Ghul's cronies. How's he doing anyway? I hope he's dead." Dragon stated coldly towards the assassin of the League of Assassin's.

"You have no right to disrespect the great Ra's al Ghul's name."

"Actually I think you'll find I have all the right in the world." Dragon drew his hook swords and rushed the assassin. The assassin swung first but was deflected by Dragon, who responded by slashing his other sword. The assassin dodged and swung again. They continued their duel evenly with no clear winner for 20 minutes. But Dragon could see that the assassin was getting tired. The assassin swung wide and Dragon ceased the opportunity, using the hooks of his swords to trap his adversary's blade and shatter it by pulling the hook swords apart. Once disarmed Dragon kicked the warrior down. He then approached the tired man on the ground, sheathing his swords on the way. Before he could get up though, Dragon grabbed his left leg and punched the shin, causing the man to howl out in pain as he felt his leg break.

"That was your tibia. You answer my questions and send my message then no more bones will be broken. Now then," Dragon leant down next to the man. "Why are you here?"

"None of your concern."

"Wrong answer!" Dragon struck the assassin's wrist, hearing him howl as the bones broke. The man looked at his throbbing wrist and winced in pain. He then looked to Dragon who gave no indication he was going to stop.

"I am just observing Gotham. It is in Ra's al Ghul's interest to be up-to-date with this city and its inhabitants."

"Does Ra's al Ghul know about me?"

"What?" The man screamed as Dragon struck his shoulder, breaking the shoulder blade.

"Does Ra's al Ghul know about me?"

"H-he d-does. He t-told me to o-observe the new vigilante here."

"He doesn't know who I am?"

"N-no."

"Good. That is all the questions. Now my message," Dragon grabbed the warrior's head and held it hard against the ground and shouted. "I want you to tell Ra's that his life is no longer in his hands. I want you to tell him that it now belongs to Green Dragon. I want you to tell him that I decide when he dies. And I want you to tell him that his sins will be brought against him. Do you understand?"

"Y-yes!"

"Good." Dragon then struck the man's neck, knocking him out. Dragon then went towards the edge of the roof, rubbing his hand, before he leapt off and glided away. Putting down her binocular's, Batwoman narrowed her eyes at the scene which played out. Behind her a similarly dark figure lowered his own.

"I'll talk to him."

"You better," Batman replied before grappling away into the night, leaving Batwoman alone on the stone gargoyle.

Four hours later

Samuel groaned as he entered his apartment from his bedroom window. The night had been long and harsh and he was looking forward to his bed. Stripping off his armour he placed it in the secret space in the back of the wardrobe. Changing into tracksuit bottoms and a t-shirt he opened the door to go to the kitchen to make some supper. However he stopped when he noticed Kate sitting on his sofa looking at him sternly, wearing her Bat-suit without the mask and wig.

"Hey." Samuel said as he looked at her questioningly.

"We need to talk." Kate replied coldly.

"Ok. Bout what?" Samuel asked as he moved to the kitchen to make his supper.

"About the guy that you beat half to death." Dragon stopped suddenly, before turning round to look at her. His eyes grew cold as he thought back to the events earlier.

"What do you want to know?"

"I want to know why you beat down a member of the league of assassins and left him on a roof." Samuel stayed quiet, thinking about what to do next. He sighed before moving to a set of drawers, talking out a bottle of brandy and two crystal glasses. He then moved to the chair sitting across from the sofa. He poured the brandy into the two glasses, handing one to Kate.

"You're gonna need that." He stated before drinking half of his own glass. He then began.

"Six years ago my family was attacked by the league of assassin's, led by Ra's al Ghul. He was searching for a stolen weapon and he believed we had it. During that attack my Grandparents, my mother, my father and my brother were killed." Kate's eyes widened at this and she covered her mouth in shock.

"Oh my god."

"That's not even the most fucked up part. Turns out he attacked my family by mistake and that we had nothing to do with his stolen weapon. We were just an innocent caught in his war. So in his 'mercy' he allowed me and my sister to live. We were then picked up by a group called the Ty Lee who trained us to defeat Ra's. And I need his greatest enemies help. I need the Batman."

"So that's why you're fighting crime. You need his trust."

"That and I actually want to help this fucked up city. I've seen what evil like Ra's can do and I cannot allow it to grow." Kate mulled over this answer for a minute before taking a swig of the brandy and sighing as she asked a question she knew the answer to.

"What are you going to do when you find Ra's?"

"I'm going to kill him." Samuel stated coldly.

"Samuel."

"I need this. I need closure. My life was ordinary before my family died. I need to show that it mattered to me. And the only way to do that is to kill Ra's, not as Green Dragon, but as Samuel MacEntee." Kate looked at him before asking a question she didn't know the answer to.

"What happened to your sister?" Samuel closed his eyes and breathed before answering;

"I don't know. We grew apart while training and she went down a darker path. I have no idea where she is." Kate stayed quiet as she thought over all that she had heard. She cared for Samuel and trusted him deeply. She was also horrified by what she was told and understood why he does what he does. She was angry at Ra's for killing a family by mistake and understood why Samuel wants to kill him. Sighing she finished off her brandy and stood to leave, pulling on her wig and mask.

"I'll talk to Batman about Ra's. Maybe he'll understand."

"Hopefully."

"I'm sorry for what happened to you. But you can't let revenge and rage cloud your mind. It will destroy you."

"Trust me I know."

"I'll see you tomorrow. Usual spot."

"See you." She then climbed out the window and left. Samuel fell back into his chair and groaned. He then looked to his photos and sighed. The path ahead was going to get dark.

Next Chapter: Keeping a promise

A/N For those wondering Green Dragon is proficient in utilising pressure points in combat so he will end a fight quickly by that method. He has also trained his fists to be as hard as steel so he can break bones in one punch. Also look up hook swords to see how he uses them.